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Ramiro I of Aragon

Type Figure Region Aragon Time c. 1007–1063 Also known as King Ramiro I of Aragon

Ramiro I (c. 1007–1063), one of the founding monarchs of the Kingdom of Aragon, succeeded his brother García Sánchez as king of Aragon in 1035.…

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  1. 1054–1055Barbastro · BarbastroIn 1054 he led an army to storm the Muslim-held fortress of Barbastro, an important victory in Aragon's eastward expansion that shocked the Iberian states and provoked subsequent political backlash.
  2. 1058–1060Zaragoza · ZaragozaFrom the late 1050s to 1060 he fought continuously with the taifa emirate of Zaragoza over border towns, consolidating Aragon's position as a Christian frontier on the upper Ebro.

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